§ 28. Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about the acreage for which applications have been made for grant-aiding the grubbing-up of apples and pears.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartApplications received up to the end of 1971 under the new orchard grubbing scheme cover 3,346 acres of which approval has been given in respect of 3,055 acres. I must apologise for the fact that in quoting to my hon. Friend on 7th December the comparable figures up to the end of October, I inadvertently described them as relating to the number of applications instead of to the acreage involved.—[Vol. 827, c. 1109–10.]